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Chart Correction On ECDIS

Permits are available in two formats and can be imported by clicking on the .TXT file. This loads the ENCs for the desired voyage into ECDIS. The expiry date of a permit controls what charts and updates can be loaded. If expired, charts issued after the expiration date cannot be loaded. Charts loaded on the hard drive can be viewed in the Chart Catalogue, and filters can show charts for which permits are available, with up-to-date charts in green and outdated in orange.

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Chart Correction On ECDIS

Permits are available in two formats and can be imported by clicking on the .TXT file. This loads the ENCs for the desired voyage into ECDIS. The expiry date of a permit controls what charts and updates can be loaded. If expired, charts issued after the expiration date cannot be loaded. Charts loaded on the hard drive can be viewed in the Chart Catalogue, and filters can show charts for which permits are available, with up-to-date charts in green and outdated in orange.

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Permits are available in two formats: one in PMT format and the other in TXT format.

The user
must highlight the ‘PERMIT.TXT’ file and then click open to install the ENC Permits. After importing
the cell permits successfully, the ENCs of the desired voyage will be available in the ECDIS. A
backup of the permits can also be created by using the ‘Backup’ button in the selected drive. The
format is always PMT.

The officer in charge must note that the expiry date of a permit controls the loading of Base charts
and their updates to the ECDIS. If a permit has expired, it is not possible to load a chart or its
updates which was issued after the expiration date of the permit. The user can view the chart
forever however it will not complete the requirements for having up-to-date charts.

A graphical coverage of all the charts loaded in the hard disc can be viewed in the Chart
Catalogue. The catalogue can be viewed from the Chart Menu. The ‘View Filter’ section can be
used to display charts for which permits are available. The charts appear colour coded. The
easiest method to check if charts are up-to-date is to view the catalogue and check that the names
of all required charts appear in green. The names of charts which are not up-to-date appear in
orange.

Chart Correction On ECDIS:

Charts on ECDIS need to be updated and corrected on a regular basis. Unlike paper charts where
the procedure involves manual insertion of the corrections, correction to ENCs are made
automatically. ECDIS allows updating the existing charts and installing new charts too. Admiralty
Vector Charts data is delivered on a series of CDs labeled Base and Update or DVDs. New ENCs
can be loaded with an ENC Base CD/DVD. This base CD is issued every 6 to 8 weeks. The name
of the countries included on the Base CD/DVD is written on top of the cover. Only those ENC Base
CDs/DVDs are needed to be loaded for which permits are available. The Base disc label contains
the date and week of issue. After all the relevant Base discs have been installed, the ECDIS can
now be updated. However now a days information is collated into a single base DVD. There is no
different DVD for base cells. When using the AVCS DVD service only one disc needs to be
installed because it contains the entire base ENCs and Updates up to the date of its issue.

Charts are updated on a weekly basis and the ENC Update CD/DVD is issued every week. The
only exception to this is in a week when AVCs Base discs are re-issued. In this instance a AVCs
Update CD will not be issued. The Update CD contains all new ENCs, new edition of ENCs and
ENC updates issued since the last set of Base discs were issued. The ENC Update CD is
cumulative; so in case you receive more than one CD, just load the latest CD received.  In the
case of DVDs you would most likely to have two DVDs. DVD contains base and update data for
the complete week.

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